alt Hacker NewsI wonder who the target is for such language.
What's difficult with programming isn't the language itself, it's everything else: understanding concepts, algorithms, programming patterns, the science.
It feels a bit like trying to reinvent the language of mathematics. It'd be really inefficient writing math in plain English.
Replies
layer8 • last Monday at 8:31 PM
Math started out as being written in plain natural language, until the 17th century or so, and yes, it was inefficient, that’s why it eventually changed.
There's no target. Someone is just experimenting with Claude. 2026 gonna be year of slop. And note this project is not FOSS. (Not sure what author is thinking. Don't they know nowadays someone can code launder their code through Claude?)
P.S. The English-to-AST though could be useful to other projects that may want natural-ish language input without having to resort to a LLM. E.g. a modify CSV tool in natural language like one posted yesterday.